Horseshoe-pad



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EORSESEOE PAD.

No. 329,193. 'Patented oct. 27,1 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormes.

DAVID MEREDITH, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,193, dated October27, 1885.

Application filed February 19, 1884. Renewed September 16, 1885. SerialNo. 177,307. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID MEREDITH, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Horseshoe-Pads, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention consists in a novel construe tion and combination of theconstituent parts of a horseshoe-pad designed to be readily applied to ahorses foot and as readily removed therefrom when desired to obtainaccess to the foot for cleaning and taking care of the same on thearrival of the horse at the barn.

The invention is fully illustrated in thel an# nexed drawings, whereinFigure I is a view of the under side of a horses foot provided withv myimproved pad. Figs. II, III, and IV are transverse sectionstaken,'respectively, on lines w fr, y y, and a e in Fig. I; and Fig. Visa detached top view of the pad, with a portion of the upper leathercover broken away to better illustrate the construction and arrangementof the subjacent plates of the pad.

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S represents the horseshoe, of the usual form. A is a solid metal plate,formed with a perimeter corresponding to the inner edge ofthe shoe, andiitted to abut against said edge. Upon the plate A lies a plate or disk,B, of leather or other similar elastic material, and of the same size asthe aforesaid plate. Over the leather disk B is placed a metal rim orplate, d, the outer edge of which coincides with that of the plate A,and abuts likewise against the inner edge of the shoe, as shown in Figs.III and IV of the drawings, and over the plate d lies another leatherdisk, f, of the saine size as the plate A and disk B. All of vided witha rigid lug, a, which projects from the forward edge of the rim, and isadapted to engage the top ofl the forward portion of the Similar lettersof reference indicate corre-V shoe, 'as illustrated in Fig. II of thedrawings. On the upper side of the rear portion of the rim d are pivotedlugs or keys b b, the pivot of which passes through said rim and throughthe plate A, on the under side of which latter it is provided with ahead, e, adapted for the application of a wrench for turning the keys.By turning said keys so as to cause them to project from the outer edgeof the rim d, as represented by dotted lilies in Fig. V of the drawings,the projecting portion of the keys is made to engage with the top of theadjacent portion of the shoe, as shown in Fig. IV of the drawings. Itwill t-hus be observed that by simply turning the keys b b so as tolrelease them from the shoe the pad can be removed from the horses 'footby raising the rear portion of the pad out of the shoe, and then drawingthe pad rearward to withdraw the lug c from its engagement with theshoe. The heads e of the keys b, I elongate, so that when ythe keys areturned to engage the shoe the elongation of the heads thereof standsparallel with a line drawn from the centerof the toe-calk through thecenter of the frog, as shown in Fig. I of the drawings. Said dispositionof the heads e tends to prevent their being accidentally turned by theirencount-er with the road-bed during the travel of the horse.

C is a cross-bar fixed to the under side of the plate A, near the rearportion thereof, and projecting over the bottom of. the shoe, so asto'obtain a bearing thereon. This bar is designed more particularly foruse during the summer season, or when the ground is bare. It serves tobrace the pad and to a great eX- tent protect the frog of the footagainst eX- cessive pressure of the pad. By placing the bar C in rangewith the two heads e e of the keys b b and providing said bar withapertures n n, surrounding the aforesaid heads, the latter are very muchprotected from Wear and abrasion.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The improved horseshoe-pad having its perimeter corresponding to theinner edge of the shoe, and composed of themetal plate A,

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leather disk B, re-enforcing rim d, provided ed keys b b, substantiallyas described and shown.

2. In combination with a horseshoe, the plates A, B, and d, fitted toabut against the inner edge of the shoe, the lug` a, pivoted keys b, andthe cross-har C, attached to the under side of the plate A, andprojecting` over the bottom of the slice, substantially as described andshown.

3. In combination with the horseshoe-pad having pivoted keys b b,provided with heads e, as shown, the cross-bar C, fixed to the underside of the pad and having apertures 1L, surrounding the heads e,substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my naine and affixed myseal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga, in .the State of N ew York, this 11th day ofFebruary, 1884.

DAVID MEREDITH. [L s] W'itnesses:

FREDERICK H. GIBs, WM. C. RAYMOND.

